Skirt-supporter.



M. M. SEY.

SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLlCATION FILED MAK-Zh 191a.

Zatented NOV. 16, 1915.

a' sr o r it) 13% hand MAUD M. SEY; OF GREENEUSH, MICHIGAN.

SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

Application filed March 2%, 1915.

ntion relates broadly to new and improvements in garment supporters and articular reterence to devices of this rhaixicter which are especially adapted to he used in snpportingshirts. incipal object of the invention is to prev le a skirt supporter consisting in a pair of straps, the rear tern'iinals of which are d agned to he detachaloiy connected to the \ll'll hand and the forward terminals of much are connected and accompanied by an eyelet which may be connected to the top fastening stud of the users corset, whereby the weight of the skirt Will he or the shoulders, instead of by the The ahove. and other incidental objects a similar nature. which will be hereinafter more specifically treated, are accomplished hy such means as are illustrated in the :u-companvmg' drawings, d scribed in the following specification and then more particularlr pointed out in the claims which are appendcd hereto and form part of this application.

"With reference to the drawings, wherein there has her-n illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention as it is reduced toprarti and throughout the several .iews

of which similar reference nuuicrals designate coricspmiding parts. l ig'ure l is a per spcci'iro view showing: the skirt supporter :icd; l ig. is a pm'spective Vl(\\ illus i supporter in detail: Fig. Z2 is a .n transversely through the stifl t is a d tail pcrsptu'etire View tlH scmion talv' mung har:

slmwing the manner in which the fabric and sheathing stz appli d to o stiffening strip: and 7 a lorugilruhnal section taken through the pitching har.

cnihodird in ill! accompouring draw- 35 in detail in Fig. 2

iurfs and as hcst shown supporzcr includes a pair thereof. the s.

Specification of Letters Patent.

them against undue Patented Nov. 16, 1915. Serial No. 16.717.

of suspended straps l0 and 11, each of which is formed in two adjustable sections 1. The rcauterininals of the straps are stitched or otherwise secured to a sheathing 15 which incases a whalehone stitiening strip 16. The straps 1O andll and the transverse strap 17, which connects them adjacent their lower terminals and serves to hold separation, are preterahly made from elastic hands of the interwoven cloth and rubber type. such are emplored in making garters and suspenders and the like. To the sheathing 17) of the stittcninfz strip and at the terminals of this nieinher. are secured fasteners 39 which are of the rubber covered stud type. ordinarily euiplored in garters and the like. 'lhrough thcslots in the hodv portions of these tasteners. is passed the piece of cloth whic I when sewed on the stiti'enin z strip, constp tutes the sheathing l5.

W'hen the supporter is in use. the fasteners 18 are engaged with the. eyelets 20. which are secured to the hack of the waist band of the skirt and on the inner face thereof. The straps are then passed over the wearers shoulders and the eyelet l-"r is engaged with the top hook or the corset. as disclosed in Fig. 1. Thus the entire weight of the skirt is supported by: the wearers shoulders, instead of y the hips. The studs or fastening: devices may he employed as a means For holding the shirt-waist against withdrawal from the shirt hand by passing: the studs through button-holes 21 formed in the w: isthand of the waist. as shown in Fig. 2. in this connection. it will of course he appre- .ialcd that th stiffening strip lies beneath the waist. l

in rcduction to practice. it has been found that lhc lorin ot' this inrcutiou illustrated in the li!:l\\'lll "$f and referred to in the ahove dcscriptionas the preferred cmhodimcnt. is the H22 cllicicut and practi al: yet realizing that the conditions com-urrent with the adoption of this device will necessarily vary,

it is desirable to emphasize the fact that varlous minor changes in details of construction, PIOPOItlOIIflIld arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of'this iiivention, as defined by the What is claimed is 1. In a skirt supporter adapted to be suspendecl 'from the wearers corset, a ,pair of appendedv claims.

' skirt supporting straps, an eyelet for attaching the terminals. of thestraps to the fastening device of the'wearers corset, a transverse strap connecting the skirt supportlng straps :adjacent their lowerrterminals forstuds being adapted to receive eyelets car ried by the waist-band of the wearers skirt for supporting the skirt. 7 v

'2. In a skirt supporter adapted to be suspended from the wearers corset, a pairof linea-lly adjustable strap member's adapted 'to be passed rearwardly over the wearers 1 shoulders, an eyelet connected to the front terminals ofthe strap members, said eyelet beingadapted to engage the fastening deice of the weare'rs corset for attaching the straps thereto, and fastening studs carried by the rear ends of the straps for en age;- ment with the waist-band of a skirt, W iereby the weight of the skirt is borne by th .'\vearerssh0u1d 1 In testimony .whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. MAUI) M. SEY.

\Vitnessesz'. I '1Gnonen T; Srn'vnns, ROBERT STEWART. 

